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Definition of 'rasp'Noun
( en-noun)
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
- the rasp of her perpetual cough
(obsolete) The raspberry.
* Francis Bacon
- Set sorrel amongst rasps , and the rasps will be smaller.
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Verb
To use a rasp.
To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
To work something with a rasp.
- to rasp''' wood to make it smooth; to '''rasp bones to powder
(figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
- Some sounds rasp the ear.
- His insults rasped my temper.
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